diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 79159733d2..84a57c6e16 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@
         <spring.version>6.2.10</spring.version>
         <wsdl4j.version>1.6.3</wsdl4j.version>
         <xmlbeans.version>5.3.0</xmlbeans.version>
-        <xmlunit.version>2.10.3</xmlunit.version>
+        <xmlunit.version>2.10.4</xmlunit.version>
         <xml_resolver.version>1.2</xml_resolver.version>
         <commons.cli.version>1.10.0</commons.cli.version>
         <!-- The build failing if tests are skipped is very annoying -->